The Abbot of Inchaffray, before 1221 Prior of Inchaffray, and then by the end of the 15th century, the Commendator of Inchaffray, was the head of the community of

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canons of

Inchaffray Abbey Inchaffray Abbey was situated by the village of Madderty, midway between Perth and Crieff in Strathearn, Scotland. The only traces now visible are an earth mound and some walls on rising ground which once (before drainage) formed an island w ...

and their lands. Inchaffray is in

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, in southern

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. The house was founded by Gille Brigte (Gilbert),

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in 1200 as a

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and was elevated to an abbey in 1221. By the late 15th century the monastery was becoming secularized. and after the resignation of Abbot George Mureff (Murray) in 1495, Laurence, Lord Oliphant, took over as commendator and thereafter it was held by commendators. It was turned into a secular lordship for Commendator James Drummond, Lord Maddertie, but the final formalization of the lordship did not come until 1669, when it was given to William Drummond.

List of priors of Inchaffray

* Maol Íosa, 1200 * John, 1212x1214 * Alpín (Elphin), 1219–1220 * Innocent, 1220–1221

List of abbots of Inchaffray

* Innocent (continuing as abbot), 1221-1235x * Nicholas, 1239–1240 * Alan, 1258–1271 * Hugh, 1284–1292 * Thomas, 1296 * Maurice, 1304 x 1305–1322 * Cristin, 1322–x 1358 * John, 1358–1363 * William (I), 1363 * Symon de Scone, x 1365 * John, 1365 * William (II), 1370 * John de Kelly, 1373 * William de Culross, 1380–1387 * William Franklyn, 1399–1414 * Patrick de Lome, 1414 * Donald (?de Dunfermline), 1417–1430 * John Lange, 1429 * John de Treloch, 1429–1430 * Robert Beaton, 1430 * William de Crannach, 1430–1433 * John de Moravia, 1435–1445 * Nicholas Fethkill, 1458–1462 * George Mureff (Murray), 1458–1492/5 ** William Haddington, 1463–1482

List of commendators of Inchaffray

* Laurence Oliphant, 1495–1513Killed at

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9 September 1513 * Peter Accoltis, 1513–1514 *

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, 1514–1537 * Gavin Dunbar, 1538–1547 * John Hamilton, 1547–1551 * Alexander Gordon, 1551–1566 * James Drummond, 1565–1610

Notes

Bibliography

* Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., ''Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man'', Second Edition, (London, 1976), p. 91 * Lindsay, William Alexander, Dowden, John & Thomson, John Maitland (eds.), ''Charters of Inchaffray Abbey, 1190-1609'', Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume LVI, (Edinburgh, 1908), pp. 249-57 * Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), ''The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries'', The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 101-05

List of priors of Inchaffray

List of abbots of Inchaffray

List of commendators of Inchaffray

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